Unexplained weight loss
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Hi, I am new to this and would really appreciate your thoughts and advice.
About 9 weeks ago I got indigestion and heartburn in the bottom of my breastbone (the start of the stomach from the oesophagus) and took some Gaviscon.
This didn’t do anything so after a week I went to the GP who said it could be viral infection as I also had a little cough at the same time.
He give me Omeprazole but said he didn’t think it was reflux but it wouldn’t hurt to take them just in case.
2 weeks later it was still the same so I went back to the GP, who requested a chest x-ray (which came back clear). He also took full blood tests to check Liver, Thyroid, FBC, H-pylori and all came back clear and normal.
I have also just had a endoscopy (camera down) and also a camera up. They found that I have a small hiatus hernia and mild gastritis.
I was prescribed lansoprazole 30mg daliy.
These seem to be working but I have now lost nearly a stone in weight over the past 8 weeks.
I paid to have ultra sounds done last week on my gallbladder, liver, kidneys, prostate, spleen and pancreas. All showed normal.
If all I have is a small hernia and mild gastritis then why am I losing weight despite only changing my diet very slight?
Could this be anxiety and worry as I do feel like they are missing somthing some where or could this now be now more in my head. I have considered could it be diabetes?
I am a natural worrier at the best if times but the weight loss has me generally concerned. I now also haha strange tingling inch around anus area!!
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Reading through all that you've been through recently and then seeing you are a natural worrier as it is, is it not possible that during the 9 weeks this has taken to sort out that it could have caused you a lot of worry and caused you either to eat less..or for your metabolism to work at a faster rate than normal thus causing you to burn more caloeries etc?!
I expect even having the mild gastritis will be causing you to eat less - do you think so? I know nothing about a small hernia , but having mild gastritis in a lesser form but it could make sense that coupled with worry that could be the reason.
I used to worry myself sick about smoking and all the harm it may have been doing to me and the fact that I couldn't give it up. In time I did manage to quit and now that I don't have that worry, my life is far, far better and I no longer need to worry.
What I've just written above has a lesson in there for you - try hard not to worry! Worrying does us no good whatsoever and can in turn make us lose weight as well as making us into nervous wrecks. All the time this happens our insides don't work properly. Try to ask yourself "If I worry about this will it make it any better?" If the answer is no then try to get on with loving life. Turn your attention to a new hobby..anything so long as you enjoy what you're doing. Don't allow yourself to be the me that I used to be, it does no good at all!
Let yourself settle down nerves wise and I'm sure you will benefit all round.
Very many best wishes, Sue
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I have actually lost 7kg since Sept last year and whilst I have cut out pastry and chocolate surely these two items alone wouldn't cause that much weight loss?
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Very best wishes, Sue.
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if it is not the medicine keep checking